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Video purports to show two Italians held by Syria captors

January 1, 2015

A video released late on Wednesday purported to show two Italian women held by militants in Syria, with one of them saying they are in danger of being killed. The title of the video says the women are Italian workers and have been detained by al-Qaeda’s Syria wing Nusra Front, but websites and Twitter accounts used by the militant group did not mention the video, which did not include any logos of the group. The video published on YouTube shows two young women sitting and dressed in black robes and veils. One holds a sign which gives the date as Dec. 17, 2014. “We supplicate our government and its militaries to bring us back home before Christmas,” the other woman says in English, appearing to read from a prepared statement. “We are in big danger and we could be killed. The government and its militaries are responsible (for) our lives.”